Syllomus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Cheloniidae |
Genus: | †Syllomus Cope 1896 |
Syllomus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene-age deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard and Egypt.
Taxonomy
Two species are known, Syllomus aegyptiacus (Lydekker, 1889) and S. crispatus Cope, 1896. Lapparent de Broin (2001) considers Trachyaspis a possible senior synonym of Syllomus.
References
- Cope, E. D. (1896). "Sixth contributions to the knowledge of the marine Miocene fauna of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 35 (151): 139–146. JSTOR 983259.
- Lydekker R.A. (1889). Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). III, Chelonia. 239 pp. British Museum (Natural History), London.
- Weems, R. E. (1974). "Middle Miocene sea turtles (Syllomus, Procolpochelys, Psephophorus) from the Calvert Formation". Journal of Paleontology. 48: 278–303.
- Weems, R. E. (1980). "Syllomus aegyptiacus, a Miocene pseudodont sea turtle". Copeia. 1980 (4): 621–625. doi:10.2307/1444438. JSTOR 1444438.
- Lapparent de Broin, F. de (2001). "The European turtle fauna from the Triassic to the present". Dumerilia. 4: 155–218.
External links
- Syllomus at the Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers | |
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Syllomus |
Cheloniidae family | ||||
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Genera |
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†Allopleuron | ||||
†Argillochelys | ||||
Caretta | ||||
†Carolinochelys | ||||
Chelonia | ||||
†Eochelone | ||||
Eretmochelys | ||||
†Gigantatypus | ||||
†Glarichelys | ||||
†Itilochelys | ||||
Lepidochelys | ||||
†Mexichelys | ||||
†Miocaretta | ||||
Natator | ||||
†Pacifichelys | ||||
†Syllomus | ||||
†Tasbacka | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |
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